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| July 2010 | ||
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Saturday 26 June - Sunday 4 July Halewood (various venues) |
Halewood
CultureFest |
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All July (Tuesday 1 June - Sunday 5 September) Prescot Museum |
Exhibition: Knowsley's Marvellous Medicine |
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Thursday 1 July 7.30pm All Saints Catholic Centre for Learning, Roughwood Drive, Kirkby, L33 8XF |
Kirkby
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Saturday 3 July 12 - 3pm Prescot Parish Vicarage |
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Saturday 3 July 11am - 4pm Halewood Leisure Centre |
Halewood Community Festival |
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Saturday 3 July - Saturday 21 August Kirkby Library & Gallery |
Lancashire & Cheshire Photography Exhibition |
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Sunday 4 July 7.30pm Prescot Parish Church |
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Friday 9 July 7.30pm St Helens Town Hall |
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Friday 16 July -
Friday 10 September Prescot Library |
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Saturday 17 July 12 - 4pm Millbrook Park, Kirkby |
Kirkby Community Festival |
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Saturday 17 July 6pm Huyton Arts & Sports Centre for Learning, Seel Road, Huyton |
Huyton Children's Theatre presents |
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Tuesday 20 July 8.15pm Prescot Parish Meeting Room |
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Saturday 24 July 9.30am - 3.30pm Prescot Leisure Centre |
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| June 2010 | ||
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Tuesday 22 March - Sunday 20 June Kirkby Library & Gallery |
Exhibition: Public Art Is... |
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Tuesday 1 June - Sunday 5 September Prescot Museum |
Exhibition: Knowsley's Marvellous Medicine |
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Sunday 6 June 11am - 5pm Court Hey Park, Huyton |
Knowsley
Green Fayre |
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Tuesday 8 June 8.15pm Prescot Parish Meeting Room |
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Saturday 12 June 12 - 4pm Stadt-Moers Park, Whiston |
Whiston Fun Day |
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Saturday 19 June 11am - 4pm Brown's Field, South Avenue |
Prescot
Carnival |
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Saturday 26 June - Sunday 4 July Halewood (various venues) |
Halewood
CultureFest |
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| May 2010 | ||
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All May (Tuesday 22 March - Sunday 20 June) Kirkby Library & Gallery |
Exhibition: Public Art Is... |
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Thursday 13 - Saturday
15 May 7.30pm Rainhill Village Hall |
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Saturday 15 May 8pm All Saints Church Childwall Abbey Rd, Liverpool, L16 0JW |
Phoenix Concert Orchestra presents |
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Saturday 29 May 11am - 4pm Church Street |
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| April 2010 | ||
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Sunday 28 March-
Sunday 4 April Prescot Parish Church |
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Saturday 17 April 7.30pm St Helens Town Hall, Corporation St, St Helens |
St. Helens
Sinfonietta: Festival of British Music I |
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Tuesday 20 April 8.15pm Prescot Parish Meeting Room |
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Friday 23 April 7.30pm Prescot Parish Church |
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Saturday 24 April 7.30pm St Helens Parish Church |
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Saturday 24 - Sunday
25 April Times TBC Prescot Parish Church |
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| March 2010 | ||
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Tuesday 26 January - Sunday 27 March Prescot Museum |
The ALT
Project |
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Saturday 6 March 7.30pm St Helens URC Church |
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Wednesday 10 - Saturday 13 March St Helens Theatre Royal 7.30pm |
St
Helens Gilbert & Sullivan Society present |
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Tuesday 16 - Friday 19
March Various times Prescot Parish Church |
Please note, all these concerts take place at Prescot Parish Church:
Tuesday 16 March
7.30pm
Wednesday 17 March 2pm
Thursday 18 March 7pm |
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Friday 26 March 7.30pm Prescot Parish Church |
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Sunday 28 March-
Sunday 4 April Prescot Parish Church |
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| February 2010 | ||
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1 - 28 February Kirkby Library & Gallery |
Knowsley Open Art Exhibition |
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Tuesday 26 January - Sunday 27 March Prescot Museum |
The ALT
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Tuesday 9 February 7.30pm Prescot Methodist Centre |
Skelmersdale Prize Band in
Concert |
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Sunday 14 February 12.30pm for 1pm Prescot Masonic Hall, High St |
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Thursday 18 - Saturday 20 February 7.30pm Rainhill Village Hall |
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| January 2010 | ||
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Thursday 7 - Sunday 10 January 7.30pm (Thu-Sat) 2.15pm (Sat & Sun) Rainhill Village Hall |
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Saturday 9 January 7.30pm Prescot Parish Church |
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Tuesday 19 January 8.15pm Prescot Parish Meeting Room |
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Tuesday 26 January - Sunday 27 March Prescot Museum |
The ALT
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Friday 4 December 7.30pm Zion Church |
Christmas
Concert |
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Sunday 6 December 12 - 4pm Court Hey Park |
Winter Celebration |
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Wednesday 9 December 7pm Kirkby Civic Suite |
Christmas
Concert |
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Friday 11 December 7pm Halewood Centre for Learning (The Avenue, off Wood Rd) |
Christmas
Concert |
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Friday 11 December 7.30pm St Mary's Church, West Derby |
Christmas
Concert |
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Saturday 12 December 7.30pm St Helens Parish Church |
Christmas
Concert |
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Thursday 17 December 7.30pm Prescot Parish Church |
All proceeds go to
Willowbrook Hospice and SAMM |
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Saturday 19 December 7.30pm St Helens United Reformed Church |
Christmas
Concert |
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Sunday 20 December |
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| November 2009 | ||
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Friday 13 November 7.30pm Parish Church |
Jubilate
Praise |
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Saturday 28 November 7.30pm St Helens Town Hall |
Music:
Light of the World |
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| October 2009 | ||
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Sunday 4 October |
Knowsley
Walking Festival |
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Thursday 15 - Saturday 17 October 7.30pm Rainhill Village Hall |
Rainhill Garrick Society presents |
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Friday 30 October 7.30pm Parish Church FREE |
Organ
Recital |
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| September 2009 | ||
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Sunday 6 September 10.30am Parish Church |
St Mary's
Patronal Festival |
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Friday 11 September 12 - 3pm Saturday 12 September 11am - 3pm - Sunday 13 September 1 - 3pm Parish Church |
Heritage
Open Days |
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Saturday 12 September 7.30pm St Helens United Reformed Church |
St. Helens
Sinfonietta: The French Connection |
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Sunday 13 September 6.15pm Methodist Centre |
Songs of
Praise |
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Tuesday 15 September 8.15pm Parish Meeting Room |
Friends of
the Festival Meeting |
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Friday 25 September 7.30pm St Paul's Church |
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| August 2009 | ||
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Wednesday 5 & Friday 7 August 7.30pm Prescot Methodist Centre (starting point) |
Through
Town and Time |
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Sunday 9 August 11am - 5pm Court Hey Park, Huyton |
Knowsley
Flower Show |
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Monday 10 - Friday 14 August Knowsley Hall |
Open Days
at Knowsley Hall |
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| July 2009 | ||
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Friday 3 July 7.30pm Whiston Methodist Church |
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Saturday 4 July 12 - 3pm Prescot Parish Vicarage |
Vicarage
Garden Party |
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Tuesday 14 July 8.15pm Parish Meeting Room |
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| June 2009 | ||
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Tuesday 9 June 8.15pm Prescot Parish Meeting Room |
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Thursday 11 - Saturday
13 June 7.30pm Rainhill Village Hall |
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Sunday 14 June 10.45am & 3pm Prescot Methodist Church |
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| May 2009 | ||
| Saturday 2 May, 7.30pm, St Helens URC Church - St. Helens Sinfonietta Wind Concert: Harmoniemusik | ||
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Thursday 14 - Saturday
16 May 7.30pm Rainhill Village Hall |
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Sunday 17 May Time 10.45am Prescot Methodist Church |
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Saturday 30 May 12 noon onwards Church Street, Prescot |
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| April 2009 | ||
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Tuesday 21 April 8.15pm Prescot Parish Meeting Room |
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Friday
24 April |
Trio Classico (soprano, guitar & piano) VIVA ESPAÑA! An evening of Spanish classics Tickets £5 on the door or in advance online from TicketWeb or by calling 08444 771 000 |
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| Saturday 25 April, 7.30pm, St Helens Parish Church - St Helens Choral Society presents Elgar's The Music Makers & Rutter's Magnificat | ||
| March 2009 | ||
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Saturday 21 March 3 - 5pm Prescot Methodist Centre |
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Tuesday 24 March 7.30pm Prescot Parish Church |
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| February 2009 | ||
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Thursday 12 - Saturday
14 January 7.30pm Rainhill Village Hall |
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Saturday 28 February 7.30pm Prescot Parish Church |
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| January 2009 | ||
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Thursday 15 - Saturday
17 January 7.15pm Saturday-Sunday 17-18 January 2.15pm matinees Rainhill Village Hall |
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Tuesday 20 January 8.15pm Prescot Parish Meeting Room |
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Friday 30 January 7.30pm Prescot Parish Church |
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| DECEMBER 2008 - Christmas Concerts & Events | ||
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Thu 4 Dec - 7pm - Huyton Civic Suite - Music & Performing Arts
Service presents - Christmas Concert - Knowsley Youth Orchestra,
with choirs, concert bands, steel pans & samba - Tickets £5/£3
(concessions) £14 (family) - Tel. Knowsley Arts & Events Service on
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Fri 5 December 7.30pm Zion Independent Methodist Church |
Rainford
Ladies Choir |
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Thu 11 December 7.30pm Prescot Methodist Centre |
Old-Time
Music Hall |
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Fri 12 Dec - 7.30pm - St Mary's Church, West Derby - Phoenix Concert Orchestra Christmas Concert |
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Sat 13 Dec - 7.30pm - St Helens Town Hall - St Helens Choral Society sings Handel's Messiah |
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Thu 18 December 7.30pm Our Lady & St Joseph's RC Church |
Christmas Concert |
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| Sun 21 December |
3pm Zion Independent Methodist Church 6.30pm
Prescot Parish Church |
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| NOVEMBER 2008 | ||
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1 Nov 8 - 3 Jan 2009 - Prescot Museum - Wacky Widgets, Weird and Ingenious Inventions - This is an exhibition of weird and wonderful models of ideas submitted to the Patent Office over the last 150 years. Ever wondered what a machine for smoking 2 cigarettes at once would look like? Are you looking for a device to stop soup getting in your moustache? This is the exhibition for you! See website for opening times. |
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Sat 1 Nov - 7.30pm - St Helens Parish
Church - St Helens Choral Society presents Karl Jenkins's The Armed Man |
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Friday 7 Nov 7.30pm Prescot Parish Church Tickets £5 (£3 concessions) |
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Thu 13 - Sat 15 Nov - 7.30pm - Rainhill Musical Theatre Company (formerly Rainhill Amateur Operatic Society) presents the classic Cole Porter musical Anything Goes |
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Sat 15 Nov - 7.30pm - St Helens United Reformed Church - St. Helens Sinfonietta Wind Ensemble in Concert |
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| OCTOBER 2008 | ||
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Thu 9 - Sat 11 Oct - 7.30pm - Rainhill Village Hall - Rainhill Garrick Society presents Dial M for Murder, a thriller by Frederick Knott |
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Thu 16 Oct 7.30pm Prescot Parish Church |
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| SEPTEMBER 2008 | ||
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Fri 12 to Sun 21 September Times TBC Prescot Parish Church Prescot Museum Prescot Masonic Hall Admission free |
Prescot Parish Church - Knowsley's
only Grade I listed building |
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Tue 16 September 8.15pm Prescot Parish Meeting Room |
Friends of
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Wed 17 September 6.30 - 8pm Prescot Leisure Centre |
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Sat 20 Sep - 7.30pm - St Helens United Reformed Church - St. Helens Sinfonietta - Programme includes Haydn, Mozart and Handel |
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| JULY 2008 | ||
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Tue 1 July - 7pm - Halewood College - Knowsley Youth Orchestra |
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Thu 3 Jul - 7.30pm - Halewood Leisure Centre - Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra - Tickets £6.50/£3.50 concessions - Tel. 0151 430 7787 - Knowsley Arts Service |
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Sat 5 July 1 to 4pm Prescot Parish Church Vicarage Garden Admission free |
Prescot Parish
Church |
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Tue 8 Jul - 7pm - Huyton Civic Suite - Music & Performing Arts Service presents - Summer Concert - Knowsley Youth Orchestra, with choirs, concert bands, steel pans & samba - Tickets £5/£3 (concessions) £14 (family) - Tel. Knowsley Arts & Events Service on 0151 443 5615 |
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Tue 15 July 8.15pm Prescot Parish Meeting Room |
Friends of
the Festival Post-Festival Meeting |
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22 Jul to 31 Oct - Prescot Museum - The Way We Watched - Remember The Wooden Tops? Was Mr Benn a favourite as you grew up? Did you used to wish your school was like Grange Hill? If the answer to any of these questions is "Yes", then this is the exhibition for you. The Way We Watched explores children's TV from the 1950s through to the late 1980s. See website for opening times. |
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| JUNE 2008 | ||
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Tue 3 June 8.15pm Prescot Parish Meeting Room |
Friends of the
Festival Pre-Festival Meeting |
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Sat 7 June 7.30pm Prescot Methodist Church Tickets £5 |
Recital: Soprano Laura
Hudson Classical & operatic delights & songs from the shows A Prescot Festival Preview |
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| MAY 2008 | ||
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Fri 9 May 7.30pm Prescot Parish Church Admission Free |
Jubilate Praise presents David A biblical musical by Roger Jones An hour of music & worship followed by refreshments |
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Thu 15 to Sat 17 May - 7.30pm - Rainhill Village Hall - Rainhill Garrick Society presents Summer End by Eric Chappell (writer of TV's Rising Damp) - Tickets £4.5o (£4 concessions) |
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Sat 24 May 7.30pm Zion Independent Methodist Church £5 |
Blue Moon String
Quartet A Prescot Festival Preview A scintillating programme of classical & popular favourites from a first-class professional ensemble |
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Sat 31 May 1 - 4pm approx. Church Street (vicinity of Prescot Parish Church) |
Elizabethan Fayre Arts, crafts & entertainment in celebration of Prescot's Elizabethan & Shakespearean heritage |
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| APRIL 2008 | ||
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Fri 4 Apr - 7.30pm - St Helens Town Hall - St. Helens Sinfonietta: Concert for Stuttgart - programme includes Dvorak, Grieg and Brahms |
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7.30pm Prescot Parish Church Tickets £5 |
Parkside Colliery Male Voice
Choir Director: Alec Wallace A Prescot Festival Fundraiser |
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Tue 15 April 8.15pm Prescot Parish Meeting Room |
Friends of
the Festival Annual General Meeting All welcome |
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Sat 19 Apr - 7.30pm - St Helens Parish Church - St Helens Choral Society - Mozart: Solemn Vespers, Britten: Rejoice in the Lamb |
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25 Apr to 11 Jul (& during Prescot Festival) - Prescot Museum - Off the Rack - This exhibition explores items of clothing and costume held within the Museum's collection. It gives an opportunity for visitors to view items from the collection which are rarely on display, including a Victorian wedding dress and a pair of gentlemen's spats. See website for opening times. |
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Tue 4 March 7.30pm Prescot Methodist Centre £4 & £2 (children) |
Prescot Methodist Guild presents Rainhill High School Band & Choir in Concert Tickets available from Methodist Centre Coffee Bar, Tuesday to Saturday, 9.30 to 11.30am, or phone 0151 430 3030 |
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Fri 7 March 7.30pm Holy Spirit Church, Liverpool Road, Dovecot £3 on the door |
Knowsley Youth Orchestra & Knowsley Community Ladies' Choir Concert in Honour of Holy Spirit Dovecot 70th Anniversary |
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Sat 8 Mar - 7.30pm - St Helens Theatre Royal - St Helens Gilbert & Sullivan Society presents The Pirates of Penzance - Tickets £11, £10.50, £9.50 (£9 Concessions except top price, one ticket free when booking ten or more seats) available from 0174425089 or 01744 756000 |
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| FEBRUARY 2008 | ||
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1 Feb to 16 Apr - Prescot Museum - Lost Time - This exhibition celebrates Prescot and Lancashire's importance in the development of navigational timepieces in the 18th and 19th centuries. It will include prestigious items loaned from the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich. See website for opening times. |
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Sat 2 Feb - 8pm - Knowsley Parish Church, Knowsley Village - Tickets £5 - Phoenix Orchestra - A popular and classical programme from one of Liverpool's top orchestras |
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Sun 3 February 6.30pm Prescot Parish Church Admission free |
Choral
Evensong for Candlemas with Prescot Parish Church Choir & Parish Organist Tim Hall |
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Sat 9 February 8pm 'til late Prescot Suite, Prescot Leisure Centre, Warrington Road Tickets £5 |
Northern All Stars Dance Orchestra Valentines Dance Bring your dancing shoes, or just sit back and relax to the sound of swing! Come with a date, with friends and family or on your own |
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Thu 14 - Sat 16 Feb - 7.30pm - Rainhill Village Hall - £4 - Rainhill Garrick Society presents Outside Edge, the hit comedy by Richard Harris (as seen on ITV) |
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Fri 22 Feb - 7.30pm - Prescot Methodist Centre - Supper & Sing: Liverpool Barbershop Quartet - Tickets £5, includes sausage & mash, tea or coffee & dessert |
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Sat 23 Feb - 7.30pm - St Helens United Reformed Church - St. Helens Sinfonietta: Masterpieces for Strings - programme includes Mozart, Grieg and Albinoni - Website |
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Sat 23 Feb - 7pm for 7.45pm - Huyton Civic Suite - Mayor of Knowsley's Charity Committee presents Birkenhead Operatic Society Trust (BOST): Songs from Stage & Screen - Tickets £4.50 |
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Fri 29 February 7.30pm Prescot Parish Church Admission free |
Organ Recital Sacred & Secular Guest performer Ian Wells, of Liverpool Cathedral |
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| JANUARY 2008 | ||
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Fri 18 January 7.30pm Prescot Parish Meeting Room Tickets £5 |
Variety Evening Cheese & wine, music & entertainment, raffle & much more A Prescot Festival Fundraiser |
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Tue 22 January 8.15pm Prescot Parish Meeting Room |
Friends of the Festival
Meeting Open meeting of the Festival Committee and Friends of the Festival |
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| DECEMBER 2007 - Christmas concerts & events in Prescot & Knowsley | ||
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Sat 1 December 7.30pm Prescot Methodist Centre Tickets £4 (on the door) |
Prescot Methodist Choir in Concert |
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Wed 5 December 7.30pm Prescot Parish Church |
Huyton Deanery |
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Thu 6 December 7.30pm Zion Independent Methodist Church Admission Free |
Pilkington
Choir in Concert |
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Fri 7 December 7.30pm Prescot Parish Church £5 (on the door) |
Mayor of Prescot's Charity |
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Tue 11 December 7pm Kirkby Civic Suite Cherryfield Drive, Kirkby £5 (£3 conc., £14 family) |
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Fri 14 December 7.30pm Halewood Leisure Centre |
Royal
Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra |
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| NOVEMBER 2007 | ||
Sat 3 November 10am - 4pm Prescot Leisure Centre |
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Sat 3 November 7.30pm St Helens Parish Church |
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Fri 9 November 8pm Huyton Parish Church, Huyton Lane, Huyton |
Organ
Recital |
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Sat 17 November 7.30pm St Helens United Reformed Church |
St Helens
Sinfonietta |
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Fri 23 November 7.30pm Prescot Parish Church |
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| OCTOBER 2007 | ||
Fri 5 October 7.30pm Prescot Parish Church Admission free |
Organ
Recital: Tim Hall |
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| Sat 6 October 2-4pm Prescot Community Church, Kemble Street |
The
Cockpit at Shakespeare North |
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Sun 7 October 2.30pm Church of the Holy Spirit, Dovecot £3 (incl. refreshments) |
The
Hemenway Singers |
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Thu 11 - Sat 13 October 7.30pm Rainhill Village Hall |
Rainhill Garrick
Society presents |
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Fri 12 October 7.30pm Kirkby Civic Suite, Cherryfield Drive, Kirkby |
Liverpool
Philharmonic Gospel Choir |
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Sat 13 October 7.30pm Prescot Methodist Centre |
Old Time Music Hall |
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Thu 25 - Sat 27 October Prescot Leisure Centre
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Rainhill Bierfest 2007 Over 60 different
real ales on offer! |
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| SEPTEMBER 2007 | ||
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September Prescot Parish Church 12.30 - 3pm (Fri) 10am - 4pm (Sat) 12.30 - 4pm (Sun) |
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Sat 8 September 7.30pm Prescot Methodist Centre Tickets £5 |
Jonathan
Acton & Robin Burgess |
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Thu 13 - Sat 15 September 7.30pm Rainhill Village Hall |
Rainhill Amateur
Operatic Society presents |
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Sat 22 September 7.30pm St Helens United Reformed Church |
St
Helens Sinfonietta |
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2 - 4pm Prescot Community Church Admission Free |
Date to be confirmed |
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Sat 29 September 4.30pm Prescot Parish Church Admission free |
Royal School of
Church Music Liverpool presents |
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| JUNE | ||
Fri 29 June 7.30pm Prescot Parish Church |
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| JULY | ||
Tue 3 July 8.20pm Prescot Parish Meeting Room |
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Sat 7 July 1 - 4pm The Vicarage (Prescot Parish) |
Prescot Parish Garden Party All are welcome to attend for an afternoon of music, food, fun and games, and entertainment with a Caribbean theme! |
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Tue 17 July 7.00pm Huyton Suite, Civic Way, Huyton |
Knowsley Youth Orchestra Summer
Concert The popular youth orchestra will be joined by other community musical groups from across the Borough |
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July - August Prescot Library |
Festival Retrospective Exhibition Photos and snippets from the 2007 Prescot Festival See Prescot Library website for opening times |
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| AUGUST | ||
Mon 20 & Wed 22 August Knowsley Hall |
Knowsley Hall Open Day |
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Saturday 8 September, 7.30pm Prescot Methodist Church Tickets TBA |
Violin & Guitar Duo: Jonathan Acton & Robin Burgess in Concert | |||
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J U L Y |
July/August Prescot Library |
Prescot Festival Retrospective Photos from 2007 Festival |
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Tuesday 17 July, 7pm Huyton Civic Suite |
Knowsley Youth Orchestra joined by other community musical groups |
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Tuesday 3 July, 8.20pm Prescot Parish Meeting Room |
Post-Festival Open Meeting All welcome to share their views on the Festival and its future |
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Saturday 30 June, 7.30pm St Helens Town Hall |
Thomas Beecham Celebration Concert with the St Helens Sinfonietta, in honour of the world-renowned conductor |
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Friday 29 June, 7.30pm Prescot Parish Church |
Musicians from the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra | |||
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3rd Annual Prescot Festival of Music &
the Arts: Friday 15 - Sunday 24 June 2007 Click HERE for full info |
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Tuesday 12 June, 8.15pm Prescot Parish Meeting Room |
Pre-Festival Friends of the Festival &
Committee Meeting All volunteers and helpers (stewarding, refreshments etc) welcome |
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Saturday 9 June, 2-5pm
Prescot Methodist Centre |
Tea Dance with the Northern All Stars
Dance Orchestra Enjoy the Big Band sound with the best swing orchestra around. Refreshments included. A Prescot Festival PREVIEW event |
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M A Y |
Tuesday 29 May, 7.30pm
Prescot Methodist Centre |
The Jaspernian Theatre Company
presents Tony Jasper's Charles Wesley 1707 |
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Friday 25 May - Friday 6 July Prescot Library |
Prescot Festival Exhibition Including old postcards of Prescot and Liverpool (800th anniversary) |
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Thursday 17 - Saturday 19 May Rainhill Village Hall |
Rainhill Garrick Society presents Blithe Spirit Noel Coward's classic comedy |
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Friday 11 May, 7.30pm
Zion Chapel, Kemble Street |
Harmony Unlimited Music (soprano & tenor duo), variety. A Prescot Festival PREVIEW event |
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Friday 4 May, 7.30pm Prescot Parish Meeting Room Tickets £10 |
3-Course Dinner & Entertainment
Festival Fundraiser Top quality food and entertainment |
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Saturday 28 April, 7.30pm Prescot Parish Church |
Mayor of Knowsley's
Charity presents The Pantonic All Stars Steel Pan Orchestra Tickets £7 (£6 concessions) Funds raised go towards life-saving equipment for babies at Whiston Hospital |
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Monday 23 April Time/venue TBA |
Shakespeare's Birthday Events to be arranged in conjunction with Prescot Playhouse bid |
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Saturday 21 April, 7.30pm St Helens United Reformed Church |
Elgar at 150 A celebration of the British composer's music with the St Helens Sinfonietta |
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Thursday 19 - Saturday 21 April, 7.30pm Rainhill Village Hall |
Rainhill Amateur Operatic Society presents Songs from the Sixties |
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Tuesday 17 April, 8.15pm Prescot Parish Meeting Room |
Prescot Festival Committee Meeting | |||
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Friday 30 March, 7.30pm Prescot Parish Church Tickets £2 |
Prescot Parish Church Choir in concert | |||
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Wednesday 28 March, 7pm Kirkby Civic Suite |
Knowsley Youth Orchestra presents A Musical Feast including the world premiere of a new piece by Prescot Festival Director Robert Howard |
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Saturday 24 March, 7.30pm Prescot Parish Church |
Jubilate Praise presents Jailbreak by Roger Jones A biblical musical drama Admission free |
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Friday & Saturday 16 & 17 March, 7.30pm Rainhill Village Hall |
Matchbox Theatre Company presents The Birthday Party By Harold Pinter |
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Sunday 11 March, 6.30pm Our Lady & St Joseph's RC Church |
Taizé A meditative service of prayer and worship based on the music of the Taizé community in France |
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Tuesday 6 March, 7.30pm Prescot Methodist Church |
Prescot Methodist Guild presents Liverpool Male Voice Choir Ticket prices £5 |
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Saturday 17 February,7.45pm Huyton Civic Suite, Civic Way, Poplar Bank, Huyton Tickets £4 |
Mayor of Knowsley's Charity Birkenhead Operatic Society: Songs from the Shows In aid of life-saving baby equipment for Whiston Hospital |
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Thursday 15 - Saturday 17 February Rainhill Village Hall |
Rainhill Garrick Society presents Snake in the Grass The hilarious comedy by Alan Ayckbourn |
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Thursday 15 February,
7.30pm Prescot Parish Church |
Organ Recital An evening of light and classical lollipops with Colin Porter of Mossley Hill & St Barnabas Churches, Liverpool Free admission |
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Friday 2 February, 6.30pm St Paul's Church, Bryer Rd |
Barn Dance & Festival Fundraiser Ticket prices £5 |
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Saturday 27 January, 7-10pm Prescot Methodist Centre |
New Year's Dance with the Northern All
Stars Dance Orchestra Come along and swing to the big band sound! Tickets £5 with refreshments |
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Tuesday 23 January, 8.20pm Prescot Parish Meeting Room |
Prescot Festival Committee Meeting Finalising 2007 Festival programme |
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Monday 15 January, 2-4 & 6-8pm Saturday 20 January, 2-4pm Prescot Methodist Centre |
Prescot Playhouse Consultation A chance to share your views on the bid to commemorate Prescot's Elizabethan playhouse with a community arts centre |
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Thursday 11 - Sunday 14
January 2006 7.30pm (Thu-Sat) & Sat/Sun matinee) Rainhill Village Hall |
Rainhill Garrick Society
presents Dick Whittington The Classic Pantomime |
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Saturday 16 December,
7.30pm Prescot Parish Church |
Mayor of Prescot's
Charity Christmas Concert with Fairey Band (Brass) Tickets £7 (£6 concessions) |
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Thursday 14 December,
7.30pm St Gabriel's Church, Huyton |
Christmas Concert with Knowsley Youth Orchestra |
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Friday 8 December, 7.30pm Prescot Methodist Church |
Christmas Concert with Aughton Male Voice Choir & Knowsley Orchestra Tickets £5 |
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Saturday 2 December,
7.30pm Zion Independent Methodist Church, Kemble Street |
An Early Christmas with
The Village Singers Songs from the shows and festive favourites. Admission is FREE |
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Thursday 9 November, 7.30pm Prescot Parish Church |
Oh Happy Day! with Liverpool Philharmonic Gospel Choir & guest community groups Tickets £6.50 & £4.50 (concessions) available from Parish Church, Prescot Library & Museum, Knowsley Arts Service, tel. (0151) 443 5619 |
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Friday 3 November, 7.30pm Prescot Methodist Church |
Quiz Night Spectacular! More details coming soon |
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Thursday 26 October, 7.30pm Prescot Parish Church |
Organ, Trumpet &
String Quartet Recital with organist Tim Hall and special guests. Admission free! |
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Thursday 12 - Saturday 14 October, 7.30pm Rainhill Village Hall |
Rainhill Garrick Society presents Don't Dress for Dinner The Classic farce by Marc Camoletti. |
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Saturday 7 October, 7.30pm Prescot Methodist Church |
Hot Pot Supper &
Entertainment with Prescot Methodist Choir Enjoy great food and top-class choral entertainment |
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Friday 22 & Saturday 23 September, 10am - 6pm Sunday 24 September, 2 - 4pm St Paul's Church, Bryer Road |
Flower Festival In honour of St Paul's Church 50th anniversary. The theme is the Life of Christ. Admission is £2. Light lunches, afternoon teas and other refreshments will be served. Sunday night, 6.30pm, Songs of Praise with Prescot Parish Church Choir and the Choir of St Mary & St Paul's Primary |
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Saturday 16 September Whiston Town Hall, Dragon Lane 10am - 4pm |
Heritage Open Weekend Experience the rich history and heritage of Whiston in this one-off exhibition and open day |
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Friday 8 - Sunday 10 September Prescot Parish Church (Fri 12.30 - 4pm, Sat 10am - 4pm, Sun 12.30 - 4pm) St Paul's Church (Sat 10am - 4pm) Whiston Town Hall, Dragon Lane (Sat 10am - 4pm) |
Heritage Open Weekend As part of the nationwide Heritage Open Days, Prescot Parish Church - Knowsley's only Grade I* listed building - will be opening its doors to visitors to see for themselves one of Merseyside's greatest historic treasures. Whiston Town Hall and St Paul's Church, Bryer Road, will also be opening on Saturday to celebrate local heritage and history. |
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Saturday 22 July, 2pm & 7pm Sunday 23 July, 2pm & 6pm Stadt-Moers Park, Whiston |
Spike
Theatre presents The True Adventures of Baron Munchausen Thrills, drama and madcap mayhem in this outdoor theatrical adventure. Saturday's 7pm performance has BSL interpretation. Tickets £6 (£4 children). Bring your deckchair, blanket and picnic, and have fun! |
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Monday 14 July, 7.30pm St Paul's Church, Bryer Road |
Barn Dance & Hot Pot Supper Tickets £5, limited availability from St Paul's or Prescot Parish Church |
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Tuesday 11 July, 7.30pm Huyton Civic Suite |
Knowsley Youth Orchestra Joined by various community groups |
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Monday 10 July, 7.30pm Huyton Civic Suite |
Knowsley Youth Orchestra Joined by various community groups |
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Tuesday 4 July, 8.00pm Prescot Parish Meeting Room |
Post-Festival Open
Meeting Everyone welcome to hear how this year's Prescot Festival went, and to take the opportunity to give feedback and make suggestions for future Festivals |
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Saturday 1 July, 1pm Rainhill High School |
Rainhill Gala | |||
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Saturday 1 July, 11am-3pm Evelyn Primary School |
Evelyn Primary Summer Fayre | |||
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Saturday 1 July, 10am-2pm St Paul's Church, Bryer Road |
Prescot Parish & St Paul's Church Summer Fayre & St Paul's 50th Anniversary Celebrations | |||
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Thursday 29 June, 7.30pm Prescot Parish Church |
Knowsley Youth
Orchestra & Contemporary Music Ensemble Admission free. Programme includes Sibelius's Karelia Suite, Tchaikovsky's Sleeping Beauty Waltz and Kurt Weill's Threepenny Opera |
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Tuesday 27 June, 7.30pm Kirkby Sports Centre |
Liverpool Philharmonic
Orchestra - Going for Goal! Tickets £6.50 & £4.50 (concessions) |
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